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Choir Returns to Caldicot Methodist Church

On 11th May the choir was pleased to return to the Methodist Church in Caldicot following its appearance at the Royal Albert Hall two weeks earlier.

In sweltering heat the choir sang to a full house of about 150 supporting fund raising for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The concert included not only the Caldicot Male Voice Choir but the entertaining Bootlegger Shanty Band who come from all over the County but practice in Usk.

The choir’s performance opened with the Welsh hymn Rachie and was followed in the programme by favourites from the shows such as Love Changes Everything, 76 Trombones, You’ll Never Walk Alone and This is the Moment, The choir also presented among others, Yma o Hyd, African Prayer, A Miner’s Song, Y Darlun, Verdi’s Speed Your Journey, the spiritual Every Time I Fell the Spirit, Cwm Rhondda and the moving hymn Gwahoddiad (Invitation). The performance finalised to enthusiastic, appreciative applause with Battle Hymn of the Republic.

The choir was conducted by musical Director Sian Hatton, Assistant Musical Director Shirley Anne James and accompanied by Olivia Dance and John Nicholson.

In a contrasting style and joined in by audience and choir alike, the four members of the Bootleggers Shanty Band further entertained the audience with favourites Sloop John B, John Knacker Knacker, The Wellerman Song, telling of Whale hunters in New Zealand, Irish folk songs Whiskey in the Jar and Wild Rover and Cousin Jack relating to emigrant tin miner’s who had left their native Cornwall to find work around the World.

This was a thoroughly enjoyable concert which we’re told raised over £1300 for the RNLI. It was also wonderful to see that the concert was fully supported with a full house.

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